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The Total Iraq and Afghanistan Pricetag: Over $4 Trillion That could make defending the nation and paying the government's bills even tougher to do in the future. [PHOTOS: The 10th Anniversary of the Iraq War] The Iraq and Afghanistan wars will together cost $4 to $6 trillion, according a new study from Harvard University's Kennedy School.
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New York News & Politics Days after 9/11 that the U.S. began bombing Afghanistan: 26. Total number of civil rights complaints reported to the Council on American-Islamic Relations nationwide from 2002 to 2008: 12,962. Economic loss to New York in month following the attacks: $105 billion. Estimated cost of cleanup: $600 million.
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Iraq War: 190,000 lives, $2.2 trillion The war will cost the U.S. $2.2 trillion, including substantial costs for veterans care through 2053, far exceeding the initial government estimate of $50 to $60 billion, according to a new report by scholars with the Costs of War project at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies. Th $2.2 trillion figure includes care for veterans who were injured in the war in Iraq, which will cost the United States almost $500 billion through 2053. 2  The total of U.S. service members killed in Iraq is 4,488. 3  At least 3,400 U.S. contractors have died as well, a number often under-reported.
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Obamaâs Long ISIS War: It Will Take Years and Kill Thousands The War in Afghanistan lasted just over 13 years and the Vietnam War nearly 11. By contrast, U.S. participation in the Second World War ended after 3.7 years. The U.S. admits the obviously unworkable plan to get rid of ISIS is unprecedented.
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The $5 Trillion War on Terror U.S. attack on Baghdad, 2003 / Getty. Last week, the Pentagon told you the costs of the war on terror had eclipsed $1 trillion. Wednesday morning, a panel of academics experienced in war accounting says that’s only a down payment — and that its real, total cost is around $5 trillion. Five trillion dollars: that’s $16,000 per American; $64,000 for a family of four. The final tally of the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan will reach at least $3.7 trillion, and could go as high as $4.4 trillion, according to a study done by Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies.
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Money Pit: The Monstrous Failure of US Aid to Afghanistan In a recent quarterly report, the US special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction said that, when security for aid workers is figured in, the total amount of nonmilitary funds Washington has appropriated since 2002 “is approximately $100 billion”—more than the US has ever spent to rebuild a country.
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- Video: The Iran-Iraq War: Causes & Timeline. The Iran-Iraq War lasted from 1980 to 1988 and cost hundreds of thousands of lives. The conflict ended in a stalemate between the two nations, but highlighted the volatile nature of politics in the Middle East in the late 20th century.
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The War Against ISIS Could Cost American Taxpayers Up To $1.5 Billion A Month On Thursday, the Pentagon estimated the cost of U.S. military operations in Iraq and Syria to be roughly $7 million to $10 million per day -- or about $210 million to $300 million per month. Earlier administration estimates, which covered operations in Iraq but not Syria, had put the cost at about $7.5 million per day.
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- The U.S. has dedicated $60.45 billion since 2003 to reconstruction efforts in Iraq. The United States has invested more reconstructing Iraq and Afghanistan than it did rebuilding Germany after World War II. $60.45 billion has been spent in Iraq, more than $100 billion in Afghanistan. For comparison, the U.S. spent less than $35 billion in today’s dollars in Germany from 1946 through 1952.
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- WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is spending as much as $10 million per day on its new air war against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, a relative pittance compared with the hundreds of millions it spent fighting every day in Afghanistan in 2013.
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- Cost of bombing ISIL cheap compared with Afghan War. Cost of war. The military assault against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria is costing $7 million to $10 million a day. Stretched over a year, the price of the war could be as much as $3.7 billion, much less than what the Pentagon spends on fighting in Afghanistan.
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THE ECONOMIC COSTS OF THE IRAQ WAR: For the conservative estimate, we have used a midpoint estimate of a net present value of $2.7 million over a 20 year expected survival rate for this group, which is about $135,000 per year, yielding a cost of $14 billion.
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- WASHINGTON  The monthly bill for the U.S. military missions in Iraq and Afghanistan now rivals Pentagon spending during the Vietnam War, Defense Department figures show. The Pentagon is spending nearly $5 billion per month in Iraq and Afghanistan, a pace that would bring yearly costs to almost $60 billion.ast week, chief Iraq administrator Paul Bremer said Iraq rebuilding costs could require tens of billions of dollars in the next year, including $6 billion for electricity and water alone. News reports last week put the 2004 cost for military and rebuilding operations in Iraq alone as high as $70 billion.
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- Posted: 09/30/2014 12:40 pm EDT Updated: 10/01/2014 11:59 am EDT. ASSOCIATED PRESS. WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military operations targeting Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria have already cost taxpayers between $780 and $930 million, according to an analysis by an independent think tank.osted: 09/30/2014 12:40 pm EDT Updated: 10/01/2014 11:59 am EDT. ASSOCIATED PRESS. WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military operations targeting Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria have already cost taxpayers between $780 and $930 million, according to an analysis by an independent think tank.
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Coalition casualties in Afghanistan TOTAL: 3,407. As of 1 October 2015, there have been 3,407 coalition deaths in Afghanistan as part of ongoing coalition operations (Operation Enduring Freedom and ISAF) since the invasion in 2001.
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- The Costs of War Project is a team of 35 scholars, legal experts, human rights practitioners, and physicians, which began its work in 2011. We use research and a public website to facilitate debate about the costs of the post-9/11 wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
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- The Cost of War in Iraq. Facebook Twitter. Since 2003, the United States has spent $818 billion to fund the war in Iraq -- and counting. Every hour taxpayers in the United States are paying $117,035 for Cost of War in Iraq. 1  Every hour taxpayers in the United States are paying $117,035 for  2  Every hour taxpayers in the United States are paying $615,482 for Cost of Military Action Against ISIS.
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Why is US buying Russian helicopters for Afghan military? The deal looked sketchy from the start. To outfit Afghanistan 's security forces with new helicopters, the Pentagon bypassed U.S. companies and turned instead to Moscow for dozens of Russian Mi-17 rotorcraft at a cost of more than $1 billion.ake our quiz. Photos of the Day Photos of the weekend. An American-made helicopter, the U.S. Army's workhorse Chinook built by Boeing in Pennsylvania, was found to be the most cost-effective single platform type fleet for the Afghan Air Force over a twenty year period, according to the excerpts.
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Coalition casualties in Afghanistan TOTAL: 3,407. As of 1 October 2015, there have been 3,407 coalition deaths in Afghanistan as part of ongoing coalition operations (Operation Enduring Freedom and ISAF) since the invasion in 2001.n additional 19 Canadian soldiers have died in Afghanistan as a result of accidents or non-combat circumstances; 6 in vehicle accidents, 3 unspecified non-combat-related deaths, 3 suicide deaths, 2 in a helicopter crash, 2 from accidental falls, 2 from accidental gunshots and 1 death from an illness.
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US & Allied Killed US & Allied Killed. The number of United States troops who have died fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had passed 6,800 at the beginning of 2015.S & Allied Killed. The number of United States troops who have died fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had passed 6,800 at the beginning of 2015.
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What is the economic impact of terrorism? The following chart shows the impact on the economy of one country – Iraq – by estimating the cost of terrorism to the country’s GDP. Since 2005, it is estimated that terrorism has cost Iraq $159 billion in purchasing power parity. This represented 32% of the country’s GDP in 2014.
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- Last week, chief Iraq administrator Paul Bremer said Iraq rebuilding costs could require tens of billions of dollars in the next year, including $6 billion for electricity and water alone. News reports last week put the 2004 cost for military and rebuilding operations in Iraq alone as high as $70 billion.ast week, chief Iraq administrator Paul Bremer said Iraq rebuilding costs could require tens of billions of dollars in the next year, including $6 billion for electricity and water alone. News reports last week put the 2004 cost for military and rebuilding operations in Iraq alone as high as $70 billion.
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US Troop Deaths in Afghan War Under Obama Now Twice That Under Bush The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11. Congressional Research Service. from combat to support.” He also stated that by “2014, this process of transition will be complete, and the Afghan people will be responsible for their own security.”.
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Iraq War In March 2013, the total cost of the Iraq War was estimated to have been $1.7 trillion by the Watson Institute of International Studies at Brown University. Critics have argued that the total cost of the war to the U.S. economy is estimated to be from $3 trillion to $6 trillion, including interest rates, by 2053.he Iraq War was a protracted armed conflict that began with the 2003 invasion of Iraq led by the United States. The invasion regime toppled the government of Saddam Hussein.
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Bombing Iraq Is Already Costing $7.5 Million a Day WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. military operations against Islamic State in Iraq have cost an average of $7.5 million per day since they began in mid-June, the Pentagon said on Friday, a figure that means the department has spent more than $500 million on the conflict.ASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. military operations against Islamic State in Iraq have cost an average of $7.5 million per day since they began in mid-June, the Pentagon said on Friday, a figure that means the department has spent more than $500 million on the conflict.